Frustrated and depressed with this build

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Originally Posted by Bill D

Actually it was. It has taken me all weekend, countless hours, to try and come up with a solution. And while I have a "possible" solution on paper, I still have to fab it, and fit it, to see if it fixes the problem. If it doesn't, I'm back to square one. It was never mentioned to me that I had to design and fab a whole bunch of parts.

I still have to install the body and trailer the car to the painter to fit the trunk so I can make a clay impression of the area and evaluate how it will fit, height, location, etc. Painter is 3 hrs away

Bill,

I can empathize with your frustration over all the fabrication and adjustments that have to be made with some builds. I know that I thought that it will be like building plastic models when I was younger, just read the instructions and apply glue. Then we get a kit and the instructions are not straight forward and there is a lot of fabrication required. I just started helping a friend build his Lonestar Cobra that he has been working on for several years and I cannot believe the amount of adjustments that we have to make to get the body to fit and to install the engine and drivetrain.

It looks like your plan has a good chance of success, although you still may war to add the bungee cords for added security and to complete the FIA look. I would also second the thought that you do not want to send the body to the painter and then make further adjustments and cuts to it. Get it done, and then send it out.

Good luck.

Jim